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    Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia
    Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia
    Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia
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    Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia

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    Ecological complexity and diverse ecosystems give Central and West Asia rich natural resources and hydrocarbon reserves. Countries in this region are exposed to climate change risks, and there is growing recognition that their carbon-intensive economies necessitate greenhouse gas mitigation. This report assesses the costs, benefits, and investment opportunities for greenhouse gas reduction in the energy and transport sectors of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, and discusses indirect benefits of such reduction to human health and energy security. It gives policymakers, practitioners, and academics an overview of policy measures and technologies available for emission reduction, as well as scenarios of future emission trajectories in the three countries.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsian Development Bank
    Release dateMar 1, 2017
    ISBN9789292576646
    Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia

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      Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia - Asian Development Bank

      ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN CENTRAL AND WEST ASIA

      FEBRUARY 2017

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      ISBN 978-92-9257-663-9 (Print), 978-92-9257-664-6 (e-ISBN)

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      DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/RPT178634

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      Economics of climate change mitigation in central and west Asia.

      Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2017.

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      Preface

      With the signing of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2016 came a global recognition that all countries must play their part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions if long term global temperature targets of 1.5°C or 2°C are to be achieved. It is the energy-rich countries who generally make the highest annual contribution per capita to these emissions due to the makeup of their economy. This report assesses the economics of mitigation greenhouse gas emissions in three such countries in Central and West Asia—Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan—with a focus on the most emissions-intensive sectors, energy and transport.

      This report is intended for policymakers, practitioners, and academics, to provide an overview of policy measures and technologies available for emission reduction, as well as scenarios of future emission trajectories in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. A comforting result of the analysis, perhaps, is that a significant amount of emissions reduction (against the business-as-usual case) can be achieved with little to no cost, and with significant cobenefits to health. In addition, accompanying the report’s output is a detailed custom-built model of the energy and transport sectors in each country, which has been distributed among stakeholders in each country for further development, analysis, and reporting on mitigation costs and options. It is hoped that this report, along with the model, will support the achievement of mitigation goals in these respective countries.

      Akmal Siddiq

      Director, Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources Division

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